Securities Litigation

Represented institutional investment manager in defense of class actions involving "excessive fee" allegations
Defended a Canadian engineering company in a federal securities class action in Texas arising from the Bre-x gold scandal Represented independent trustees and third-party mutual fund service providers in various SEC and state securities enforcement actions and related private securities litigation
Defended majority shareholders and partners, closely held corporations, and partnership entities against derivative and breach of fiduciary duty, including freeze out, claims
Represented a national insurance and financial services company in numerous litigations, workouts and negotiated resolutions of securities, fiduciary and other claims arising out of three mezzanine funds
Represented a major regional bank holding company in a dissenters rights and corporate valuation trial arising out of the stock-for-stock acquisition of a western Massachusetts bank
Represented major public and private employee pension funds in disputes related to the purchases of stock, bonds and convertible securities by public and private issuers
Represented a consortium of Swiss private banks in the recovery of multi-million dollar investments in convertible bonds issued by a U.S. medical technology company
Represented an institutional investor in civil and criminal proceedings to recover losses from a rogue employee's off-market trading of more than $9 billion in securities